peat-moss
21Moss — For other uses, see Moss (disambiguation). Moss Temporal range: Carboniferous[1] – recent …
22moss — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. liverwort; club, peat, etc. moss. See vegetable. II (Roget s IV) n. Types of mosses include: musci, bryophyta, sphagnum, peat moss, mosslike lichen, Iceland, rock, club; see also plant . III (Roget s… …
23moss — mosslike, adj. /maws, mos/, n. 1. any tiny, leafy stemmed, flowerless plant of the class Musci, reproducing by spores and growing in tufts, sods, or mats on moist ground, tree trunks, rocks, etc. 2. a growth of such plants. 3. any of various… …
24Moss — /maws, mos/, n. Howard, born 1922, U.S. poet, editor, and playwright. * * * I Any of at least 12,000 species of small, spore bearing land plants in the bryophyte division, found worldwide except in salt water. Mosses are simple and ancient plants …
25peat bog — noun wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation; has poorer drainage than a swamp; soil is unfit for cultivation but can be cut and dried and used for fuel • Syn: ↑bog • Derivationally related forms: ↑boggy (for: ↑bog) • Hypernyms: ↑ …
26peat moor — noun see peat bog * * * peat bank, peat bed, peat bog, peatˈland, peat moor or peat moss noun 1. A region, bog, moor, etc, covered with peat 2. A place from which peat is dug • • • Main Entr …
27peat bank — noun : a place from which peat is cut * * * peat bank, peat bed, peat bog, peatˈland, peat moor or peat moss noun 1. A region, bog, moor, etc, covered with peat 2. A place from which peat is dug • • • Main Entry: ↑ …
28peat-spawner — killifishes (Cyprinodontidae) that deposit their eggs within a substrate. In aquaria this substrate is boiled peat moss. The fish are removed after spawning, and the peat can be removed, placed in a plastic container and wetted after the… …
29peat bog — /ˈpit bɒg/ (say peet bog) noun a naturally occurring accumulation of peat or peaty matter. Also, peat moss …
30Moss — (m[o^]s; 115), n. [OE. mos; akin to AS. me[ o]s, D. mos, G. moos, OHG. mos, mios, Icel. mosi, Dan. mos, Sw. mossa, Russ. mokh , L. muscus. Cf. {Muscoid}.] 1. (Bot.) A cryptogamous plant of a cellular structure, with distinct stem and simple… …
